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Two brides honored for lowest dowry in Al Ahsa
(MENAFN- Arab News) JEDDAH: The Charity Society for Simplifying Marriage and Family Care of Ahsa honored two brides who demanded the lowest dowry with a cash award of SR15000 in a mass wedding function in the Eastern Province on Monday evening.
Al-Ahsa Gov. Prince Badr bin Jalawi attended the function in which 420 brides and grooms the largest number so far participated.
The event aims to contribute toward a sound basis to start stable families.
The events of the day included a grooms' march accompanied by folk songs and performances with audience interaction. The youngest groom with the lowest dowry was a youth with special needs. There were also prize draws for household utensils and gold jewelry.
Nasser Al-Nuaem chairman of the society said mass marriages promote the values of cooperation and social solidarity between different social categories in the Kingdom. They also clearly signify the commitment of business establishments and their owners to the responsibility toward their fellow citizens he added.
Adel Al-Khoufi director-general of the charity said the event registered a 400 percent leap in the number of couples compared to the last three years.
'The current celebration underscored the bold step we have taken since the last two years as we did not keep any couple in the waiting list' he said.
The society has so far organized 13 mass marriages which benefitted 1904 young men and women at a total cost of SR13880000 since its humble beginning 10 years ago. A total of 40 men and women had participated in the first collective marriage.
Al-Khoufi said that Monday's mass marriage was the largest of all the 13 events the society has arranged in the Eastern Province.
Al-Ahsa Gov. Prince Badr bin Jalawi attended the function in which 420 brides and grooms the largest number so far participated.
The event aims to contribute toward a sound basis to start stable families.
The events of the day included a grooms' march accompanied by folk songs and performances with audience interaction. The youngest groom with the lowest dowry was a youth with special needs. There were also prize draws for household utensils and gold jewelry.
Nasser Al-Nuaem chairman of the society said mass marriages promote the values of cooperation and social solidarity between different social categories in the Kingdom. They also clearly signify the commitment of business establishments and their owners to the responsibility toward their fellow citizens he added.
Adel Al-Khoufi director-general of the charity said the event registered a 400 percent leap in the number of couples compared to the last three years.
'The current celebration underscored the bold step we have taken since the last two years as we did not keep any couple in the waiting list' he said.
The society has so far organized 13 mass marriages which benefitted 1904 young men and women at a total cost of SR13880000 since its humble beginning 10 years ago. A total of 40 men and women had participated in the first collective marriage.
Al-Khoufi said that Monday's mass marriage was the largest of all the 13 events the society has arranged in the Eastern Province.
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